Under the guidance of leaders at all levels of the Open University of China (OUC), and through the joint efforts of all OUC branches, departments, and other units, the final examinations for the 2021 spring semester were implemented in a smooth and orderly manner. They included a national unified examination and 10 and 11 July, and online examinations from 14 May to 11 July.
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has posed an unprecedented global challenge. Nearly 1.2 billion students in over 160 countries and regions have had to suspend their studies to some extent.
Wang Yu
Abstract: The global MOOC movement developed steadily in 2019. International platforms such as Coursera maintained growth in the number of courses and microcredentials. A number of new educational products or service models have also been created this year.
A ceremony to sign a Memorandum of In-depth Strategic Cooperation between the Open University of China (OUC) and Beijing Radio and Television (BRTV) was held in Beijing on the morning of 9 July 2021.
On the morning of 8 July 2021, the Reform and Development Department of the Open University of China (OUC) organised a special meeting to support the implementation of a pilot programme for the joint construction of Jiangxi Open University (Jiangxi OU) by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Jiangxi Provincial People’s Government.
On 8 July 2021, Professor Shahbaz Khan, the new Resident Representative in the Beijing office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in China, visited the Open University of China (OUC) with his delegation.
A five-half-day intensive teacher-training workshop, jointly held by the Open University of China (OUC) and the Open University in the UK (OUUK), and the first of its kind, came to a successful end recently. 30 OUC teachers participated in the positive, diligent and thoughtful manner of OUC faculty.
In order to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Open University of China (OUC) and Zhongtuyunchuang Smart Technology (Beijing), a subsidiary of China National Publications Import & Export Group (CNPIEC), have jointly launched "Lectures on Red Current and Starlight", a series of party-history lectures presented via immersive virtual reality and targeting national ideological and political education.